Author: Herbie J Pilato

Writer, Author, Producer, Actor, Singer/Songwriter, Lover of Life

Herbie J Pilato: “Stargate SG-I”: The Unforgotten “Star” in the “Wars” Game Part 1

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by Herbie J Pilato

Since the mid-1990s, the sci-fi/fantasy TV fan set, of which I am proud member, has been showered by a vast degree of eclectic programming.  Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, The X-Files, Buffy, The Vampire Slayer; an update on the classic 1970s TV favorite Battlestar: Galactica, Supernatural, Smallville, Arrow, and so many more.

Star Trek fans, in particular, were – overall – pleased with the various small screen sequels to the original series, beyond Star Trek: The Next Generation, including: Deep Space Nine and, to a lesser extent, Voyager and Enterprise. read article

Herbie J Pilato: Do Men “Watch” While Women “View”?

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In the last few months, ABC’s female-geared morning chat-fest, The View, has been experiencing a changing of the guard of sorts (or at least of hosts – i.e. Joy Behar and Elizabeth Hasselbeck have left the show).

All of which has inspired a few questions:

Do men “watch TV,” while women “view television”?  Is it more feminine to speak fancier and more masculine to utter opinions in shorter sentences?  Is that how that works when it comes to small-screen screening in particular? read article

Herbie J Pilato: Am I Becoming My TV? – The Sequel

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There are all kinds of scientific experiments being conducted today about the transference of “energy”; how the human body itself is a conduit for actual electric current and pulsation.

That’s why, for example, the light bulb sometimes blows out when we attempt to turn off a lamp.

As logic would dictate it, then similar energy transference would then take place between TV watchers and their home television monitors, no?  And not just on a physical but on an almost telepathic level? read article

Herbie J Pilato: Am I BECOMING My TV?

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We all get that I can’t understand what anyone’s saying on today’s TV shows, right?  You know, because I believe all the actors mumble their lines?

Ok, check.

And that I believe the majority of contemporary TV characters are ultimately caricatures (with actors performing seemingly one-actor shows instead of interacting with each other)? read article

Herbie J Pilato: “Ironside” Can Change But Should Also Remain The Same

by Herbie J Pilato

ironsideNBC’s reboot of Ironside, with Blair Underwood taking over the role of the wheelchair-bound detective originally played by Raymond Burr (Perry Masson), has been igniting controversy from the get-go.

While the casting of Underwood, who is African-American, was originally heralded (solidifying the colorless aspect of casting), the disabled community is not at all pleased in having a non-disabled actor in the lead.

That aside, there are other issues with this classic TV revamp. read article